shallots: one part onion, one part devil
I was cutting up some shallots for the first time today and I don't know what the deal is with these shallots, but within about 10 seconds my eyes and actually my entire face hurt so bad that I wanted to TOTALLY FLIP OUT and maybe I did a little. The pain just got worse and worse but I was determined to cut them up. And I did. But that will never happen again. I have learned my lesson about the evilness of shallots.